Martha Corey

Martha Corey (1620-22 September 1692) was the wife of Giles Corey and one of the people accused of being a witch during the Salem Witch Trials.

Biography
Martha Corey was born in 1620 in New England, and she married Giles Corey in 1690 at the age of seventy. She was a tough and no-nonsense woman, and she was a devout Puritan; in 1692, she laughed in church when Abigail Williams accused some people of witchcraft, decrying the judges as fools. Later, Corey herself was accused of witchcraft, and she professed her innocence. She was therefore sentenced to hang alongside Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor in 1692, and the three of them were hanged together while reciting the "Our Father" prayer.